The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1900. CLAIMING SOLE | OWNERSHIP OF JULY FOURTH The National Association of | Democratic Clubs Waxes | Humorous. rding th in the plan of wpproach- ? Senator Democratic Na- Representative Rich- | der in the House ngressional _Com- F. Black, Repre- \ers were pre the Democratic As: of ed that e INCE OF WALES’ DIAMOND JUBILEE WINS THE DERBY —— mes R. Keene’s Disguise Ii, Ridden by Sloan, Runs Third. ta ‘II f Portland’s is- of ske St rother gave derby, was nd of W cheered at Victoria House, where horse has for of them carrying meet some to g amoun sportin ged DODGE SAYS TAX ROLL ESTIMATE IS TOO HIGH r Dodge sent a communication ard of Supervisors yesterday in that the estimate of the mmittee of $400.000000 for the the next fiscal year is too He also says that it will be unsafe ced on such an assumption, as the will be ccunting on having a much t its disposal than the facts The communication contnues eme Court has recent! struck ym the roll. Why it is still in- the roll will aggregate $400,- loss to understand. 1 can- raise the valuation of prop- than its market value fn a certain revenue. It is| munity to overvalue > allow it to be under m r limit was adopted of the charter the tax It was on this amount f the charter estimated expenses of the char- nee then 1 have added roll, making last year | hich ‘the taxes were col- ~asing the revenue $250,- er cstimates. Te was raised by taxation mount of $88587%. This | ce Committee proposes to | $.240,600. The additional | year {rom other | : this year you esti- | e so raised at $1.39,- | g a larger revenue | year to be neces- amount to be rai which you largely have | raised from licenses, fees, and increase the amount me as Assessor, through | $381.275. In consideration %‘;i nege f more revenu: is itively requived than was last year, submit ! t would be more in keeping with | and jistice to look elscwhere for t to overtaxed estate, HoaH FRAZER TURNED ocoOT N KEELTS o L e e I 2 bes e i . . behe e . . ‘e / N/ (~] promenent WUDNA 9EE THE DIE GO TAE WASTE * e eE e . @eiocoivistaie S 7 ILTS and bagpipes predominated at sterday g the thirty-fourth an- nd games of the » of the most i and 1 by the clht ts in- The games commenced at 10 the morning, and even at that hour a large number gated on the grounds estimated that e in at- the rnoon was n 5000 and 10,000 people wi lovers of Sc games from out- d prominent Thomas Mec- Cavalry, who came ver to be present Chief William Mc- ttis ere D, Dougald, ex-Chief D. McRae and Ed Ross, piper of the Caledonian Club, kee: Chief James Stewart and ex- John Morrison and H. K. MecL f the Caledonian Club, Sacramento, James McNeill of Santa Cruz. The represented by Judge Con- 24 among other guests of the club M. the South African dia merchant; Rev. Father D. J. Mc- o W B John Cornish, D. sgald, Archie Campbell, John W. . sre of the gathering was numb { ex-chiefs of the club, assisted Chief Angus McLeod in and making them- 1al generous in its club was as u lity. The particular duty of enter- assigned to Fi Chieftain taining _w. rst A. M. Ma he received nu- merous congratulations on the admirable way in which he carried out his part of pherson the programme. There were forty-ome events, and they were all keenly contested. D. R. Camp- 1. the big policeman, carried off most of the hon the athletic events and ANGUS MSLEOD CHIEF O' THE DEE - - wor man ume, and John Mor- mento the first prize for t ed man in plain Highland me, as they have done for several | Vears back. One of the most interesting HOOT MONS MAKE MERRY AT THEIR /ANNUAL GAMES [ R e e e e e e e e S e e e e e e ot ‘ PESIOE TH BRIER. BUY GAMES .« Cartoonist Warren’s Impressions Throuzh a Scotch Mist. +d ighland dress, six- competition ~_and A tot 8 vears of Smith, danced an sailor’s hornpipe in such a graceful and entrancing manner as to call forth loud applause from the thou- -~ between the married the v hter of pulls. the st aight composed of P two teams, won team winning e Vestal. Alexander Mc- two £ Pherson, George Tevendale, V. A. McIn- tyre. J. 'J. McKinnon, A. D. McCormick, (.h M. Gordon and John A. McLeod, an- chor. George McDonald was in charge of the ames and they went off without a hitch. de was assisted by Angus McLeod, A. M. !\_Ihr‘phorsr:n_ F. Finlay, Andrew Mc- Nair, J. W. Cameron, Dr. J. A. J. McDon- id, Hugh Fraser, Charles A. McPhee, am Mitchell, J. J. Cameron, Daniel A. McDonald. James H. Duncan, J. A. Mc- Leod. James Corrie. D. H. Finnle, Thomas Wilson. A. Lauriston, W. Ur hart, Thomas W. Bethel and’ D. J. Mc- Farlane. Dancing was kept from 10 in the morning until after7 o’clock at night and the fioor was aiways full. The floor manager was Norman MeKin non, who was assisted by John A. McDon ald. Following are the re: up in the pavilion ts of the games: won, James Lawrie third Handicap race of Seottish societies won, Eva McFarlane rs of members and under 16 yearse—Dollie Rose P Tom Carroll Throwing light hammer, for members and of sister_socleties whose record {s mot over 110 tent eron won. P. A. Mclntyre sec- | ond, McIntosh third i ¢ stone, for smembers and of sis- ey »se record is not over 32 feet— 3. A A A M Tevendale third e won, Cameron second, Putting 1ight stone, for members and of sister e record is not over 40 fest—P. A. McIntyre won, M. Tevendale second, J. ures of the day was the dancing of | A. Cameron third " ScorTY “mMorRisoN JA-M<DoNALD CubnA' MAK' ©COT ABOOT THE e e oo SR S o o o e SR o E Bonrie oY SDERGEANT | VUNCAN LQOKED | ABGOT FaR 1 SoMETHIN? 1 i o B e i e ad t ann i ain Highland costume— " George Brown second, n full Highland Hugh Fraser second, I tull Highland costume— Dan Smith second, John | , men in Highland cos- won, J. 8. McIntosh sec- tume: ond, P Ed Ross ce for men W. Beok won, Frank Wil- | OWis h R. Campbell | Thomas Carr il 5 second, J. A. Camero third {3 Throwing light hammar—D. R, Campbell won, he Carroll second, P. A. Mcintyre thir Running hop, step and jump—J Murph: won, Al Lean second, Thomas Carroll third. Butting heaty stone—N. R. Campbell won, | H. Vestal second, Thomas Carroll third. Putting light stone—D. R. Campbell won, H. Vestal second, Thomas Carroll third. Hurdle racé—M. W. Beck won, F. Wilson | second, F, Smith third Highiand fling (men in Highland costume)— P. D. Findlay won, Ed Ross second, Alex. McCaw third. Highland fling (lads and lassies in costume, i 12 years and over)—Bessie Allen won, Mabel Margie MeGillivray third. | (men In costume)—J. D. Me- 1 ond. A. McCaw third won, J. Murphy Reel o' Tulloch (men in costume)—Ed Ross won, J. Mclntosh second, P. Findlay third Ladies’ race—Hattie Jorns won, Nettie Ber- | s Mo s sire third Jeap—Al Lean and J. Murphy ther second. I R rs and under) —Sixtesn competitors, prize for E leap—J Murphy rre third. sies in costume)— | for each, ‘won, W. Roberts won, . R. McAlli Sword dance (lad costume)— Dan Smith won, livray second, Mabel Phfer third. | "Long race for_men—F. Wilson won, Frank R second, M. Beck third. | " Tossing the caber—D. Campbeil won, T. Car- | roll second, J. Cameron third. { Tug of war (married and single men)—Single men won. Throwing 56-pound weight—D. R. Campbell won, T. Carroll second, J. A. Cameron third. Race for apprentices belonging to ships in Pos Frank Ross won, M. McDonough second, ames committee race—P, H. Finnie won, F. Wilson second, James Duncan’ third. ONLY TO GALLOP iN THE PARKWAY Fifteen Thousand Persons Se: the Great Mare Win the Handicap. NEW YORK, May 30.—A holiday crowd of 15000 spectators stood up and cheered with the wildest enthusiasm as the great mare Imp galloped home in front in the Parkway handicap at Gravesend to-day. Imp was the favorite at § to 5, while Kinley Mack, the Brooklyn handicap win- ner, Charentus and Survivor all got a steady play at about 3 to 1. O'Connor took Imp to the front at once and set the pace. Charentus ran lapped with ner around the first turn and up the back stretch, with the others trailing. As they rounded the far turn O'Connor let out a wrap on Imp and in a dozen strides she was two lengths in front. Survivor moved up into second place and Kinley Mack was fourth. When straightened out for the run heme O’Connor again took hold of Imj and the black mare crossed the line har held two lengths to the good In 1,464-5, a record for the track. Kinley Mack was four lengths in front of Survivor, which beat Charentus a head for third money. Results: Hurdle handicap, one mile and three-quar- ters—Dr. Eichberg won, Mazo second, Athemas third. Time, 3:17 One mile and a sixteenth—James won, Wait Not second, Intrusive third. ' Time, 1: 5 he Bedford, four and a half furlonge, selling :;:nnlcllm won, Maiden second, Quiz II third. Time, :55. The Parkway, one mile and a_sixteenth—Imp won, Kinley Mack second, Survivor third. Time, 45 45, Five furlongs—Luerana wof, Alfonso second, The Golden Prince third. Time, 1:01 4-5. Yive apd a half furlongs, selling—Hester won, Trumpet second, Kamara thi Time, 5. S YELLOWTAIL ALSO RAN. Memorial Stakes at St. Louis Won by Verify in the Mud. ST. LOUIS, May 30.—Eight thousand ons witnessed the racing at the Fair Grounds to-day. A heavy rainfall this morning left the track fetlock deep in mu Memorial stake, a handicap sweep- stake at five and one-half furlongs, was the feature of the card and brought to- ther a ficld of the best sprinters on the ff?m.m turf. a\efl!y 11- i;uulled' as vorite and won cleverly wo the fa o,rl > < Yellow! ran. Results: | Brown second, Hungry HIll third. Time, 1:16%. One mile and a_quarter. selling—Musket won, won third. ial stake, value $1500. five and a half furlonge—Verify 'won, Triaditza second, Ed L third. Time, 1:10%. e mile—Sam Phillips wor 'nd, Algol third. Time, ix furlongs, selling—Ned etto second, Easter Card third. FIELD DAY I’OE QUAKERS. Win Two Games, While Brooklyn Loses a Double-Header. La Josephine e Wickes won, Zan- Time, 1:17. Clubs— W. L. Pet.| W. L. Pet Philadelphta.21 10 Ch 17 16 515 Brookiyn ....19 14 19 §t. Louis. 14 19 Pittsburg ...19 16 8 PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—There was noth- ing noteworthy in this morning’s game be- tween Chicago and Philadeiphia. Both teams played rather carelessly and Philadelphia won by good batting. Donohue pitched a steady game. while Griffith was hit when hits were needed Attendance, 10,471 Score, first game: Club: H. E. Chicay < Phil s 2 Batteries—Griffith and Chance; Donahue and McFarland. Umpire—O'Day. Callahan's curves were ineffective against Philadelphia’s heavy hitters In the afternoon game and the home team made enough runs in the first inning to win. Chicago played a ragged game in the fleld and Bernhard kept the hite scattered. Attendance, 15,531. Score, second game: Clubs— RoGH R Chicago ... [ 1 5 Philadelphia as % 1 Batteries—Callahan_and Donohue; Bernhard and McFerland. Umpire—O'Day, RBOSTON, May 30.—Dinesn was very effective at critical times in this morning’s game, while Scott was batted at will after the fifth. Free- man’s brilliant capture of Smith's long drive in the ninth was a feature. The e was marred by a great deal of kicking by players on both teams. Attendance, 4500. e, first game: Clu H B Cincinnati 10 ] Boston .. k) 0 Batteries—Dineen and Clark; Scott and Peitz. Umpire—Emsite, In the affernoon game to-day both teams scored the same number of hits. but Boston managed to theirs when men were on bases and o won easily. The flelding of both clubs was excellent. Attendance, second _ me: 4 Ctab Cincinnati 122100 - 5 | 3 o Batteries—Lewis and Suilivan; Philippis Wood. Umpire—Emslie. = NEW YORK, May 3.—St. Louis outplayed Brooklyn in this morning’s game. Hanlon Six furlongs, selling—Elbe won, Marie G. | tried his left-handed pitcher, Nops, who was ¥ ] 1iberal with hie bases on bar Timely hitting throughout. Attendance, 5006. re, first game: Cluby S G814 St. Louis 5 El 1 Brooklyn . 7 2 Batteries—Hughey and Robinson; Nops and Farrell. Umpire—Hurst. | Four bases on balle and three hits gave St Louts a lead of six runs'at the start to-day and sent Kennedy to the bench. The Brookiyn made a big effort to win, knocking Jones out | of the box, but Young stopped them effectually, | while Kitson was touched up in lively fashion | toward the end. Attendance, 11,000. Score, | second game: | Clubs— R. H St. Louts ay Brooklyn s 3! Batteries—D, Jones, Young and Criger; Ken- | nedy, Kitson and Farrell. Umplre—Hurst, = | NEW YORK, May 30.—Pittsburg won this morning’s game through timely batting in the | sixth and seventh innings. Attendance, 3000. | Score, first game: Clubs— T Y Pittsburg e 3 New York 8 s | Batteries—Hawley and Bowerman; Waddell | and Zimmer. Umpire—Swartwood. The New Yorks turned the tables on the | Pittsburgs this afternon through clever base running and errors of the Pitssburg infleld. | The fielding of Davis and Hickm was a feat- | ure. Attendance, 15,000, Score, second game: | Clubs— RN New York o8 [ H Pittsburg = 5 ¥ Batterles—Carrick and Bowerman; Philippt and O’Connor. Umplre—Swartwood. — - WHITNEY BROTHERS WILL PLAY IN FINAL MATCH} The open invitation tournament on the California Tennis Club courts vesterday ' morning and afternoon drew a number of | racket enthusiasts but few outsiders. The | tournament was a scratch affair and was | noticeable for the wholesale defaulting. | The Whitney brothers worked their way | through the list to the finals, which wiil be played off Saturday afterncon. The scores: First round—J. Smith beat Haight by default; Jeat Bt oy detaolt; P, Collier best Kany t Painter ; P. er beat Kahn, 62, 6-3; Rosenbeix beat Code, 1—5, —5; W. Collier beat Jones by default. Seeon: nd—Johnson ~beaf B 5 Baney beat by Retantt G > ey ult; G. Smith Teat FoB” King by detauit; G. Whithey beat | Bliven by default; Rosenberg beat P. Collier, 6-1. 62 W. B. Colller beat W. MeGavin by | D. McGavin beat ._Root, 2—6, detault: J. o t:: 7,—6. R. W. Whitney beat H. W. Crowell, Third round—Johnson beat Bailey by def: Oem{l Whi beat G. Smith, a'l.h’a_c, ‘.“—x}) K'w vS%E;“.&":.‘u D MeGavin: 11 finals—George Yhit beat " Joh I 1. Semi- tney’ Johnson, 63, 6-0; Robert N. Whitney beat W. B. Col- lier, 6—4, 26, 6-3. | been precipitated by the four | of 600 names | would calfl to serve as de | should be invoked | ber of men ENJOYED THEMSELVES B | casion | Jr. won, John Goodman seco L | race was worth $1710 to the winner. Six. | Baile ONE DAY WITH 10 RIOTHC Bt HE STRIKERS Lull Follows Tuesday's Vio- lent Demonstrations at St. Louis. PLEETES ST. LOUIS, May 30.—All the pent-up | fury of the striking employes of the St. Louis Transit Company and their sympa- | thizers seems to have been expended, for | yesterday’s violent demonstration and Scenes of bloodshed were followed to-day | by a pronounced lull. Up to 10 o'clock to- | | night only one name had been added to| | the long casualty list, that of Anton Chalupsky, who was shot in the legs by a1 | policeman. Chalupsky and his wife were standing at the corner of Twelfth and Emmet| streets during the progress of a smau-’ sized demonstration near by, and Police- man Himeles told them to move on. Chal- | utpsky thought he had a right to remain | if he pleased, and so informed the officer. A second order was given, and when Chal- | upsky refused, he says, the ofiicer used his | baton on his head. | Chalupsky and his wife then assailed the officer with a shower of brickbats. One of them struck Himeles on the arm, painfuily injuring him. Himeles drew iis revolver and fired twice at Chalupsky, wounding in each legy An ambulance conveyed Chalupsky to lfi Hospital, where his injuries we: Hi condition is not serious. Public_interest in the strike veered to- day to the special meeting of the Police Board, called to devise heroic measures to bring order out of the strained condition of affairs. "The board met during the afternoon and at once decided to c: Sheriff Pohlmann to summon a posse comitatus to assist in quelling the disturb- ances incident to the streetear strike, he having failed In his efforts to obtain 2 »’xira policemen to preserve law and or- der. The action of the board riots in _the southern part of the city yester: dur- ing the progress of which eleven persons received wounds. Sheriff Pohlmann was present and held a conference with the ! Commissioners. He said he had antiei- | pated such a call and had prepared a list f the lead- inciuding many whom he Louis, on uties. After the meeting President Hawes of the board said the dignity of the city and law both required that all local agencies for the preservation of law and order ore a_demand w te to assist in preserv- ing citizens of St. made upon the Sta ing order. The Commissioners had, he said, asked the Shefiff to summon a posse of 1000 men for this purpose and the Sheriff had prom- ised to enlist them by Friday morning, serving processes upon the best citizen If the first call for 100 men did not p effective in the next few ¥ missioners would, Mr. Hawes said, su mon another thousand and put down d order in the city from w ver source it might come, if it took ten times the num- | e| AT SCHUETZEN PARK Foresters Have Their Annual Outing Under Very Pleasant Auspices. | The rank and file of the Ancient Order of Foresters, together with t dy Companions of the Forest, accompanied by their numerous friends, set off at an early hour yesterd morning on picnie pleasure bent. It was the twenty-sixth anniversary of the order's outing in the wildwoo and glens of California. This time they monopolized Schuetzen Park, where the 2000 pleasure seekers enjoyed themseives to their hearts’ content. The day was all that could be desired for a sun-bleaching, and those of the gentle cex who owned white complexions re- turned home with an_ Arizona bronze. The affair was under the auspices of the picnic assoelation of the order. The of- ficers who were there wer: Permanent Secretary John Falconer, who on th cted as president of the day: Mrs Z. Valenti. vice president; R. N. MecLen- nan, : S. Wray, sergeant at arm he committe 3 Reception—Mrs Mrs. Fe- rendz, Mrs. Thompson, A. Boehm, P Mrs. Ginles, Mrs. Andevoon, Mrs. Pemberthy and Mr Sports—W. F. Jones, J 3. Winters, R. Hahn, G. Williams, B Benther and George Schalick. The tallowed floor of the pavilion was kept occupied with merry dancers under the direction of A. Zarsen, who acted as floor manager. The following were the winners of the prizes for race contests: Race for boys under 12 years—M. Walsh won, E. Banchou second. Race for girls under 12 years—H. Hanges won, E. Jackeon second. Race for boys 13 to 16 years—W. Kelly won, 0. Kelly second Race for girls 13 to 16 years—Nellie Smith won, Katle Brown second Race for young men—John Kelly won, Jack Hanges second. Race for young ladies—Julia Smith won, Ethel Winnie second. Race for chief and past chief rangers—N. J. Savage won, Tho. Schalich second Race for chief and past chief companions— Mrs. Bostrom won, Miss C, Stevens second, Race for members of the A. O. F.—J. Clark 1. Race for members of the C. O. F. on won, Miss Ellen Hayes second. Race for juveniles—John Faiconer Jr. won, A, Whittier second. Fat men's race—M. Boehm won, George Peterson second. Fat women's race—Miss Kittia West won, Mrs, Jennie Silverman second. Three-legged__race—George . Jones and L. Parents won, M. Horson and Joe Crowley sec- ond. Committee race (women)—Mrs. Burger won, Mrs. L. F. Gale second. Committee race (men)—R. Hahn won, Charles . Schnelder second. PERSONAL MENTION. i Mark L. McDonald, a capitalist of Santa Rosa. is a guest at the Occidental. F. W. Glade, a retired planter of Hono- { lulu, and his wife are at the Occidental. M. Schroder of Berlin and Z. de Eipey- | rlere of Paris are registered at the Cali-| fornfa. State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion Thomas J. Kirk and wife are at the Palace. F. W. Bosworth, a druggist of Hilo, Ha- waii, and his wife arrived yesterday on the Gaelic and are guests at the Occi- dental. Tam Pui Shum of the Chinese iplo- matic corps, arrived at the Occidental yes- terday on his way to Lima, Peru, where he will join the legation in the capacity of interpreter. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, .iay 20.—A. W. Scott of San Francisco is at the Holland; Louls Holbeck and wife of San Francisco are at | the Empire; J. H. Dickinson of San Fran- cisco is at the Fifth Avenue. z ——————————— TURF CONGRESS HANDICAP. CINCINNATI, May %0.—John Bright won the Latonia Turf Congress shandicap to-day with 127 pounds up after a live- contest with Friesland and Pink Coat. race. which was at a mile and one- dli(h. was run over a heavy track in the slow time of 2:01%4. Pink Coat was fa- vorite at 6 to 5, but did nc : like the going and tired badly after going a nue‘E'n.. Was the only winning favorite. Results: turlongs, selling—Iris won, Louisville second, By Butterfly third. Time, 1:21%. Five furlongs—Erma won, Regina Lee second Mrs. Gan: Time, BI% Decionss, slliug.-Cciakle won, Eati sao- ond. third. 1183 X ems to have @ CHARLES DICKENS A ND ENGLISH FICTION. Copyright, 1800, by Seymour Eaton. PRI T a— GOLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE. ———— XXIII. THE GOLDEN AGE OF | excuse, the more striking deficiencles of ENGLISH FICTION. (Concluded.) BY THOMAS MARC PARROTT, PH. D His Flowering Time. During the ten years following tha first appearance of “Pickwick” Dickens was working at high pressure. *“Oliver Twist’ ‘was begun before “Pickwick” was finished under in and “Nicholas Nickleby” was well way before the end of “Oliver” was sight. More “Sketches” of the old fashic appeared; a weekly paper composed of es- says, sketches and short stories was u dertaken, and when these falled to attract two complete novels, “The Old Curlosity Shop” and “‘Barnaby Rudge,” took thel place. In 1842 Dic visit to America, in a more in the matters of interna and negro slavery. Shortly turn he began one of the greatest of his works, “Martin Chuzzlewit haps underrat unnaturally, ses wrath its authc pours out upon cert: American peccadillos. But we may least take comfort in the fact that immortal Pecksniff is not and never could by any pos at the belonged to any ot nat heaven than the English. The moral pose runs strongly through th Selfishness in all its forms. the national sin of brag, the national sin of hypocrisy, are held up in_Dickens’ liveli fashic to scorn and ridicule. But, after all, it is not for the moral purpose ber the improbable edy of Am book, nor for the piot, but for the the scenes at Todge ca, for the life and movement and for the superb power cter creation *h reached in the figure of Sairey Gamp. | *We must of necessity pass over much | of Dickens' work. The “‘Christmas Ca tempts us to linger over its genlal h and tender sentiment. “Dombey and S attracts us as much by the fun of C | tain Cuttle and the pathos of littie Pa f the of its eri as it repel the melodramatic figur: | of Carke ndsome Alice. T 1 of its be_ hig! trea ng u artist an vitable com- his work suffers by th )p.’\r’lsnn. But in his next no inimitable self again and her his highest point | ““Davia Copperfield” is by | popular of Dickens' books, Abandon Yr(-(en | here reverts to the old seventeenth c« | tury fashion of story-telling ard gives fre | rein to his fancy in the c n of char- | acter and the invention of incident. As every one knows, the story of his own early life and struggles is written large |in this hook and for this reason perhaps there Is in it a depth and sincerity of een- timent that we miss elsewhere. 'or once, too, the stage villain and his unnatural devices are banished. Steerforth. who in o measurc takes his place, is a very hu- man creature, perhaps the best represen- tative in Eng mon type. Y'riahAH»p is, no doub | grotesque, but he has a reality | lacking in Dickens’ earlier expe: r ihjs direction. And just because the book | 1acks purpose, is not written to expose any sham or to denounce any abuse, it is p: ‘vaded by a sunny geniality that can never | fail to warm the heart. Human kindness, Christian charity, the love of parent and child, of husband and wife, rise clear and strong above the clash of contending pas- sions, and the closing scenes are perhaps the truest and tenderest in all the work of Dickens. He did much and much that was good after “‘David Copperfield,” but never anything that was quite on 'PQ same plane. y His Later Work. From this _time on we note A change in Dickens. Not altogether for the worse. lish fiction of a not uncom- a ch riments his books, “Little Dorrit” and “Great Ex- pectations” contain some of lis most fin- { combine the old keenness of observation With & new depth and wealth of experi- ence. It is plain, too, that Dickens be- work. His first books had been in effect improvisations: they appeared as a rule in monthly numbers, and Dickens was seldom far ahead of the printers’ In 1855 he began for the first time to take notes for future work and to plan his novels more carefully. But with the first fine careless rapture much of the old light-hearted mirth had taken flight. There is, in fact. a certain tone of bitter- ness in some of his later works which fs at once new and distressing. Ha experi- mented, too. not always successfully. in unaccustomed methods. Twao Cities” is a novel of pure incident. “Hard Times” a novel of unmixed lemic. And, as always, he took upon imself labor enough to crush a dozen men. In the last years of his life Dickens was not only a most prolific novelist, but an editor, a_public speaker and an amateur actor. He seemed pos: d by a demon craving for employment. “T have now no | relief but action.” he wrote to Foster. “1 am become incapable of rest. T am te confident I should rust. break and die if T spared myself.” Finally, in his desire for action and gensation. he threw himself upon the famousz public readings, which 5‘" him the excitement he craved, h(;ubled his fortune and eventually killed 'm. The Man and His Work. Few writers of our centu have put more of themselves into their work than aid Charles Dickens. Not only did he use his own observations and lences. make free with the characters of his | friends, introduce even own RS R T e whole work. “*Sketc] " to “Ed- win Drood. ent and D " is an embodim Xpres- sion of hi 1f. o at 7 he Sacted By Hitmself and this 1itls’ might be given to the wlhole of his work. Certain characteristics of will. when grasped. explain, if they do not altogether “Bieak House” stands very high among | {<hed work and some of the later sketches | stowed more time and pains upon his later | devil. | “The Tale of | his work. Dickens sprang from the lower middle class, and was practically uneducated. His point of view, in consequence, while en that of the man of genius, is never the born gentleman or of the He raised himself above eircum- that would have broken the spjeit of a weaker youth by his undaunted spirit and indefatigable exertion. His sunny temper, love of fun and infinite capaciey for seeing the humorous side of things ved him from any bitterness that these circumstances might have entailed. He was w olar. sincerely religious, and his religion of a very pure, if not of a very intel- type. lectual, t And yet there was some- To put it brut- his manners had not that repose stamps the caste of Vere de Vere There is something which jars the sense tient self-will, his restless aec- his desire to k on good terms e publiz. Probably no author Iiv- ing would have the issue the statemen ht it necessary to n regard to his sepa- tion from his wife that Dickens pub- ed in “Household V and some- g of this is seen in his work. He is 00 dependent upon its comparativ n . and took immediate stimulate the waning interest in his He altered the propose’ fate of Walter y in “Dombey” because he doubted “if e public would stand it.” Yet we mus ink that Dickens ever consclousl down to public. On the con ry, he wrote for the public because he P B B I S e L o o i A o o of it, the voice, as no one has been of the mest numerous and perhaps st influential of English classe: . too, something in the ich has called forth remarks of critics. It is always sim- often vivid and impressive. but tinction—it 1S not based upon ths His trick of dropping Imto | w before the me And this expla style of Dickens w in scenes where he is arnest betrays an ighor- crets of prose style. passage anywhere in his that compare for beauty of rhythm and charm of diction with ffty hat could be culled from the pages of keray. t when all-this is saild how much r mains! Dicke! left a great mass of work, not all of it by any means of equal all permeated by the essential ies of his genius. First per- ¥ Dickes was alive to his finger tips, and there is a sense of power in his work that denotes the master. Its very imperfec- t are in a way a testimony to his rength. He was no painter of delicate minfatures, but worked with a broad brush, dashing off one masterpiece and hurrying on to another, without stopping to correct imperfections or put on finish- ing touches. Closely connected with this | vitality is his ismense power of imagina- tion. It was in the true sense creative The people in his books are real to us be- cause in the process of composition they became real to aim. He heard gvery woed they said, he has told us:; he had but to =it down at his d and straightway he saw. Yet this imagination never strayed from real life. It sprang from his own rodiglous knowledge of certain phases of ife, of the great world-city of London and the people that dwelt therein, of the little rovinclal towns of Central and Southern England, of the roads and stopping places that linked these to the capital. He was no Shakespeare, to reconstryct a world he had never known. He had little sym- athy with the classic or romantic past; ut what he himself had seen and felt he could embody with a certainty of hand rarely equaled. And this power of imae- ination shows itself alike in description and characterization. His power of obser- vation enabled him to seize a sceme and convey it to us with a thousand touches of exact description that make it mora than lifelike, that make it live. We can taste the air of one of his London fogs. And so, too, his characters—that Is to say, | the characters in which he was really interested—are alive. The unreal char- | acters of Dickens are for the most part the unhappy grflducl of his taste for melo- drama, and have no part in his creative power. But when this power has fres play Dickens' hand is like that of the at masters. And he has added to Eng- ieh literature a greater number of char- | acters that seem destined to immortality than any author since Shakespeare. If we try to count up those characters it will be apparent that most of them belong to the fleld of comedy—Mr. Pick- wick, and Sam Weller, and Bumble and characte! haps, among these is his immense vit Sairey Gamp—but why attempt a list when so many clamor for admission? And this shows most clearly wher§in the true | power of Dickens lles. He is the greatest comic fus of this century. ars comic figures enough in Thackeray, but those that we remember best, Becky and the colonel and Beatrix Esmond. belong to another ere of art, But Dickens, destined {rom the beginning to add to the nations, is at his in com- e is master of every branch of erous farce, laughing dia- man, his honest sincerity, his far-reach sympathy, his faith. his hope, . we find no reason to_wo at bis un- time, too, of Thacke: and Hawthorne and Charlotte Bronte— and much reason to pity those who in these d te days pro to have out- grown Dickens. —e To Build Modern Columbarium. The board of directors of the Odd Fel- lows' Cemetery Rave decided to add w.r present equipment of the crematory by the building of another columbarium. Su- perintendent George R. Fletcher of the cemetery has been commissioned to pro- ceed East to secure plans. He will visit e et e e unp‘whlch the new colmh';zl- 'H buiit. The full ecapacity of the t columbarium is taxed to applications for niches in which the those cremated are preserved. columbarium will have a nicbe of 10,000, with room to add to this whea may become necessary. o