The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1908, Page 9

The evening _. World Daily Sagasine. AE SAYS: “At La Scala We Put On More New Works Than Any Other Opera-House in the World.” Operas in English? Yes! All That Are Good Should Be En- couraged, 1 Am an Kelectic.’’ By Sylvester Rawling ° N the chalr of state at the Metropolitan Opera House this season | sits . stranger who is destined to make a deep impression upon | the musical life of New York. Giulio Gatti-Casasza, the new | | general manager, at once fe a gentleman and a diplomat, a mus!-| ak cian and a scholar, a man of affairs with the imagination of a| poet and a technician with the soul of an artist. To meot him 1s to be con- scious of a personality modest but pervasive. Instantly there 1 the con- sciousness: Here 1s a Man! Gatti-Casazza is thirty-nine years old, something under six feet tall and more than ordinarily broad shouldered and deep chested. His hair, mus- tache and chin beard, slightly tinged with gray, are neatly trimmed. His eye: look squarely into yours, inviting confidence and commanding respect. , H's hands are sensitive and masterful. Standing or sitting, be is handsome and distinguished 4 promising career as a naval engineer was nipped in the bud when, at the age of twenty-four, Gatti-Casazza was induced to take charge of the opera-house at Ferrara. His success there was so marked that five years later he was invited to control the famous La Scala at Milan, and he ac- cepted. For te years he remained in charge, advancing constantly the ar- tistic reputation of the house until inducements by the directors of our own Metropolitan Opera-House brought him over here to succeed Heinrich Con- ried. | At present Gatti-Casazza epeaks little “Ah! You are thinking of a charge English, but that little he eaks #o/ that I am an imitator beca of cer- well that before the end of the season tain recent developments in New York,” probably he will use !t for all every-| he rep'ied, with a laugh. ‘Then you do day purposes. Of his own Italian|not comprehend the significance of my tongue, of course, he !s a master, and he} work in Milan. For ten years I was! commands French with almost equal, the director of La Scala. Toscanini was facility. the principal conductor. Together we In conversation Gatt!-Casazza is with- presented Ty new opera that had out a trace of affectation. He is simple won recognition anywhere. We cared @nd direct in statement and weighs not where the work originated if we, carefully his answers to questions. His|thought it good. We put on more nov-| voice is full and well modulated. Atjelties than were seen in any opera times, when more than usually inter-|jouse in the world. We gave ‘Goetter- | ested, he is as eloquent as he $s volu-|qaemmerung’ its first performance in| ble. Then he r urns again to an att!-|tftaly. We made Wagner popular. We ude) calm retrospection, his eyes| rostered the new French and the new always alert German as well as the new Italian school. We produced ‘Pelleas et Meli- | As to the New Policy. sande,’ ‘Salome! and ‘Louise’ And we Ww y new polic: @ not neglect the old composers. \ alrecting the artatee of the Steteonsyitin | “ii Italy there are many persona who | Opera-House?" the writer asked him|ft! love the old masters, Jor them| yesterday, without carefully con pr. Se made frequent revivals of popular ing the phrasing of the question. operas, ever, however, did we con- few | policy, hel with a|#ider soleiy the exploitation of a star. | amile that meant a lot. “I have no new | *!Ways we paid attention to the acce: policy. I shai continue the course that | f°res—the supporting principal singers, I pursu while 1 was charge of La| the chorus, the orchestra, the stage Scala, in Milan. T ain an eclecti in ing. Whether it were Donizetti or music, as in all thin New Yor! ssy, We looked after every detail must be apparent to everybody, is the! with equal care. And that is what we| intend to do in New ¥: “Aida” in a New Setting. | most cosmopolitan of cuties. One need not have lived here Jong to know that 4t 4s progressive, It wants to hear the men operas, Hs 9 oe nat Alda, with Caruso and Emmy Des- | Very emanyacliite people sioys ole) tUnn, is to be our opening performance | ‘operat akashould aber miyennaxcharceto Noy. 16. Not only shall we present eajuy both kinds—old and new—in curn, {70S | muateversaanerswensulatcamnrcrcnies amiliar first tenor of the world and | with a proper setting and a competent |# *9Prano who has charmed Germany, | captivated England and ts bound to win | cast. Iam not predisposed to Italfan, of Brench, or Gerinan, of the lasting favor of New York, but we other opera, I shal endeavor to pre. | tal! wlve the work an entirely new set- duce the best of each kind, fitly und| ns A great cast of principal singers | adequately, The Meiropolitan Opera | 484 @ special preparation of the chorus | House must be the most cosmopolitan | ANd bullet and orchestra will be rein- ip the worid," forced by scenery and costumes that are 3 entirely new. He Is No Imitator. | “dt is our intention to carry out these methods of thoroughness in every work ‘But French operas—new ones, at! we present, New scenery has been Jeast—have been negiected at the Met- painted for most of the operas in our | ropolitan Opera House in recent years. |iepertory. We have two distinct and Your prospectus for the coming sea-| competent choruses. Mr. Dippel and Mr. | gon brings them to the front,” the | Hertz scoured Europe to get © German together writer interposed. contingent and Tos anint /in ret ;Carmen) in the principal part. eCopyniGyer A. DUPONT @nd myself picked out the Italian. four conductors are unrivalled. the quallfications of Mahler and you are familar. He was at La Scala with me years. Spetrino is one of the able rectors of an orchestra. He 1s known in Vienna.” Our With Hertz Toscanini {s a genius. for ten at dl- well Tiefland” in Second Week. “What new operas are you iikely to Produce?” “In the second week of the s\ we shall present d’Albert's ‘T! (Marta of the Lowlands’) in Ge! Laparra’s make her first appearance with We also to do Converse’s ‘T Desire,’ and Humperdinck’s “The dren of the King,’ in English. ‘Thi ter will not be ready until Mare the spring, outside of the subscri; Pipe and’ rman Habanera’ In French is also rsul, with Maria Gay (who will us as ho) of chi- fe lat- he In ption, we shall give cycles of “The Nibelungen Ring’ and revivals of classics su ‘The Marriage of Figaro,’ ‘Don Giovanni,’ ” Opera in English. The ch as alstaf”’ and operas in 0 the possibility that two English may be produced this year nat- urally suggested an inquiry as t new director's views on vernacular. He said: opera in the) son | Toscanini and I have been associated most intimately for ten years. It is for this on Toscanini displays in his @irection of thi: Wagner music-drama, conducting without a score, his master- fulness and his broad understanding. It Was he who made the immortal work known to Italy. He will read the score to the delight of New York's German « asts.”” The New Singers. Bestde: Destinn and Marta Gay, 8 inc’ Erik Schmedes, or, and Fritz Fetnhais and German baritones. Feln- ke the parts that for years Van Rooy, who ts Gatti- nk SAYS a Ge Wal ed by not to return to \t who ts Tos: much of his chorus) nint’s Saturday, MARRY LAUD CLor#xZZs. W.Harmony October ls Successiul ilis Songs Says ile Because tle Is Natural in ii, 'HE SAYS 1908. ED “It 1 Can Make My Audiences Feei What 1 Feel, Then it isa | Sure Thing.” "Al | Heart, Song Should Go to the and it it Is Human It | Wail Live Long.” [he informs you, “Half the people who come to see me are surprised. They expect to see a man seven or elght fest j high, and when they see a little fellow thev are surprised right off the reel.” You don't quite follow him, and so you curl back into an Interrogation point. “Why, It's like this," he explains. “It from a kind 0° feeling | had when | 1 was a boy. When I went to see any vho was great I expected to see a n out of all proporth kre come | You seize upon tne | to know more, In your simple way you | wonder whether {t was easier for Mr Lauder to achieve “greatness” in iis | own country than here. Fame in Fifteen Minutes. } “11 was more di Mcult over there,” he tells you. “It took me fifteen years to do it there, and fifteen minutes to do It in America, But, of course,” he ad- | mits, “my name and fame had spread | by the Ume I reached this country, But }@ man's fame might spread all over | the wurruld and still not be recognized | tn a new place if it didna’ have tr-rue erit behind it." He fi ff his face touch of color and jends hi ure to the Kilts his dress shes ha las stocky fig- ts holding. w They feel that what I'm doing Is the truth,” he declares, talkin, into his glass. “And if I can make my au- Giences feel what I feel, then it’s a sure | | thing. I Hke to make ‘em laugh an ery one after th- other, and i've done | it, too, ny time, What's more, Um going to make ‘em cr; here before jlong. ‘The time is not far distant when I'll intr-roduce to them a story found- ed on the life-long devotion of man and wife. It's in song form, and it's dedi- cated to my owr wife ‘My Wife Jean it’s called, though sy -vife’s name is An The idea of the song ts that an old have gone along through t ars of wedded Hfe and the Wife dies and leaves the old wi’ his heart sick.” You offer a word for the human s: man v4 Thay thites) work icelthe| and ask about the life of the senti- buly wicacum to By Charles Darnton. etl bala e no detail of a production escanatilsiaetesnelisuner sion | 66 OU can sometimes write down what you think, but you! Che Life of Songs. Many additions to the conventences canna’ write down what you feel.” ‘If the sentimental song m true to i) Geta) ole Gi Haim) fix Bee Harry Lauder looks at you through bis bowed glasses, | natu you learn, “it will live aa We thiainlsct bere Masao on oe pushes back a round gray hat no bigger than a Jujube, aad|Jons a# the purely human song “the Fortleth street side exclusively for the stands stiffly In a top coat cut off at the kilt lime. You!hored jong atter I'm dead, for it goes use ns of the y circle. On! have asked him to explain his success, and you are duly impressed by Ris} to the hearts of people. And here's the Thirty-ninth and Fortleth | wisdom, |reason: Its pathetic to sce BEM peers seen) oF a)" “nbe hole auml ana iminstance (otsuctess ie the good acd {bat Pel aes paises Sea enti eee “My tastes are eclectic, as I have al-| ntleman is in control ready iold you, I believe in presenting | may seem a trite and monplace re- all operas in the original language. It patrons of the Metropolitan J's true that in the subsidized opera fat least those outside the houses of Europe all operas are sung in ag well as persons who the native tongue; but, in this way, | are brough to ch contact with the they lose something of their effective-| management, will know that it is not ness. Why, then, in New York, with’ without signiticance. its population truly cosmopolitan, — should there be any desire to art i)e {rom the eatholieity of taste whlch has A Philanthropist. always prevailed? bs HY don’t you abolish straps ‘Operas in English? Yes! All that W and high steps on your street are good should be encouraged; but car Mnes?” the works of Wagner and Verdi ana ‘My friend,” answered Mr, Dustin Debussy should find expression in th x, iinpressively, “scientists tell us native tongues, t unless we take more exercise we “Who 1s to conduct the first ‘Goetter- will become © creaturs of brain, dammerung,’ Mabler or Toscanin with neither arms nor legs. I'm trying “Toscanini! This is not because we to stand between humanity and an are both liallans. Tt $s not because awf »."'—Washington Star. rs are to be congratulated | Planted,” he continues, with much deliberation. That) thi. '—— He pauses and your ear !s in midair. “I think this idea that I am going to illustr-rate is kind o’ unique.” You wait, feeling that the world | waits with you. “Good potato seed in good ground makes good potatoes.” You breathe in the homely illustration and let it take root, unmindful of Mr. Lauder’s suggestion that “corp” or “beans” may be “potatoes,” according to your taste. Satisfied that he has made a good beginning, Mr. Lauder lays aside the little hat and bobbed coat and gur- renders himself to a dresser, who 1s as Scotch as himself. He is getting ready to march out on the stage of the Lincoln Square Theatre with the songs that make him a Carnegie hero of finance. Time is short, and you solicit a short answer to your question: “Why are you a four-figure success?” ‘Because serious Scot, e and my voice £o e say ‘Why, this ts I'm natur-ral,” says (he swinging his head over @ ters are so 8 natur-ral that peop bare shoulder. “I'm never anything the real thing else. Even when I was wur-rking !a| He puts on a bonny complexion and the mines I was natur-ral. You see,| rubs it in vigor the thing Is verra simple, My charac-) “And the thing about tt," New York Society DOPOD GOVE DH DDPOOLP HD OVGOOHOH.G (Copyright, 1 vy Robert W. Chambers.) !impartially, though her ttle heart was came |beating fast in desire for her idol's su- | premacy; and {t way all her offictal com- | powure could endure to see how Ellen ef down bis de's ys SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS ‘Capt, Philip seiwyn n old New York fly, bas resikned from the army becai wite, Allxe, him to marry Jac uthven, “a fer. Returning to ity | New York, " greauentiy meets the ing itt with her volleys to the service | ath venn iff vecretiy Wuves nim: ne, uthven Young Geraig Betull tne. at Ueiwyu bows Alte 10) ey s : vent sake a Whatton! Selwyn'* game proved to be stendy, | in-law, nGerard, Nina Gerard med, but Jogteal; — Etleen, 8 sister, tells per brother, that 3 siceves at her elbows, rs wold hair in ig, falling Ip, Tove with him. One evening splendid disorder, carried the ame scene ensues, . Her ear of tne through Boots straight at her brother—| wt and ry haere in hotees Set and the contest was really a brilliant | busine Neereard. vian’ a duel between them, Lansing and Selwyn estionable that Selwyn assisting when @ rare chan way. e came their ‘The pace was 100 fast for them, | an. effort ‘society ferald’s \issipation becomes, notorious. Sele rat fee of part of his own | however; they were in a different class | Sm Sea oly and they knew it; and after two terrific ereide, Ho and Bileen sets had gone against Gerald and Boots, Their talk dritts raid are |the Jutter, signalling Selwyn, dropped | Fives and (ells Selwyn he has reformed out and climbed up veside Drina to| watch a furious single between Hileen | jand Gerald. Continued.) "Oh, Boots, Boots!" said Drina, “why an jdidn't you stay forward and kill her Silverside. |drives and make her lob? I just know | OT at all! Yours is the fret |¥ou could do it tf you had only theught | |to play forward! the matter?” “Age,” said Mr. Lansing serenely’ ‘decrepitude, Drina. IT am a Was, sweetheart, but Eileen stil) remains an Is, "I won't let you say it! You are not | a Was!” said the child flercely. “After | |luncheon you can take me on for prac lice. Then you can just give it to her!" “It would gratify me to hand a few swift ones to somebody," he sald. “Look at that demon girl, yonder! She's ham: mering Gerald to the service line! Oh, my, oh, me! I'm only Mt for hat-bali What on earth was CHAPTER VIII. ‘N ‘account to be squared; Neergara’—— “Do you owe him, Geral?” 'Do 17 Oh, Lord! But he's w patienc really, Philip, 1 wish you didn’t dislike him so thoroughly. because he's 00d company and besides that he's a very able man. * * * Well, we won't talk about hin then, Come on; I'l) Mek the very life out of you over the net!" A few moments later the white balls were fying over the white net, and av- tive white-flannelied fgures were mov- ewittly over the velvet turf, aloft on the umpire's perch, “ent met denidad eeah molne then | | | | |years I'll be sightean ood PLLO0OD00 90D Drina, thirty “Pooh! I'm past thirteen, In you at eighteen, You promised.” “Sure thing,” admitted Boots bought the house, you know. “I know it, Boots lo five I expect to marry “I've | * said the child gravely. d down at her; she smiled and laid head, with its clustering curls, against biy shoulder, watching the game below with the quiet com- posure of possession. Their relations, hers afforded infinite amusement to the ards, It had been a desperate from the very first; and the child it so seriously, and considered her claim | and listen; Jon Boots so absolute, young man else make a hearing. nor anybody From a dimple-kneed, despotic, strenu- | jous youngster, rullng the nursery with | in half a rather ehild; a small hand of iron, Drina had grown into long-legged, coolly active though her her skirts had been lowered, and and stockings substituted for | and sandals, Weighted with this new had put away doljs, oMeclaily she still dressed, gave, Or spanked Rosalinda and trice-but she excluded tue yor children from the nursery when sh it, offictally the and Lansin, Jest of the affair within case took that neither that | nis dared | be brought around and we'll ride to the her | Falcon, You won't forget any of this, | wilh you? Come on; Eileen and Gerald | have finished and there's Dawson to an. nounce iuncheon!” And to Gerald, as year | she climbed down to the ground; “Oh, slim, | what a muff! to let Elleen beat you | and 6-3! * * * Where's my hat? * ¢ * Oh, the dogs have got it and hair had not been put up, shoes half-hose dignity, she Un- caressed, for Bea- unger he did However, inborn necessity for mimicry and romance remained; and satisfied It by writing stories—mar vellous on Otherise she was the same activ, ciable, wholesome, intelligent —which she read to Boots, @, 80° child, with Billy oF cat'scradiy with Kit-i |lcharmingly casual aud inconsistent; 9-29-599-99999O99O34 do you realize that I am nearly) and the list of her youthful admirers at dancing-school and parties required the alphabetical classification of Mr, Lans- ing But Boots was her own particular pos- session; he was her chattel, her thing; and he and other people knew that it was no light affair to meddle with the personal property of Drinu Gerard, Her resting against his arm, was now planning bis future movements for the day “You may do what you please while curly she head I’m haying French,” she said gra- clously; “after that we will go fishing [in Brier Water; then 1’ come home to actice, While you sit on the veranda then I'll take you on at ten- and by that tine the horses will ave tearing it to rags! And she dashed in sloping right and left, while a fa tious dachshund selzed the tattered bit of lace and musiin and fled at top speed. ‘That is pleasant,” observed Nina “{t's her best hat, t90—Worn to-day in |your honor, Boots * * * Children: | Hands and faces! There ts» Bridget waiting! Come, Phil; there's no law against talking at table, and there's no use trying to run an establishment if you make a mockery of the kitchen. Kileen, one bare arm around her brother's shoulders, strolied houseward acrous the lawn, switching the shaveo eod with her tennis bat, mong the dogs, 20O9-99689060000 08909909409 0994000004086 i THE YOUNGER SET - PLOPIDOOO®D®DDODD DDD HDHO9X P9E-2 99244 DOL9DVGPDHPISIDTD “What are you doing this afternoon?” buck, smilingly; “we may need capl- she said t Selwyn. ‘Geraid''~she touched her brother's smooth cheek— “I'll remember that!"’ she said; and, turning once more as she reached the landing: "'Good-bye—until luncheon!" And touched her lips with the Ups of her Angers, flinging bim a gay salute In parting and meeting—even after “means to fish; Boots and D: are keen on it, too; and Nine is driving to Wyosset with the children.” “And you,?" he asked, smiling “Whatever you wish"~confident that he had on| he wanted her, whatever the briefest of Intervals—it was always hand, the same wit! her; always she had for “T ought to walk over to Storm|him some informal hint of the for- Head,” he said, ‘and get things |Mality of parting: always son straightened out.” nition of thelr meeting—In th “Your laboratory?” asked Gerald, | touching of hands as though the eym- “Austin told me when 1 saw bim 1n| ol Of ceremony, at least, was due to to herself, and to the occasion, Luncheon at Silverside was anything Dut a funotion—with the children at table and the dogs in a semicircle, and the nurses tying bibs and admontshing the restless or belligerent, ami the wide French windows open, and the wind lifting the curtains and atir- town that you were going to have tho| him, cottage on Storm Head to make pow- der in. “Only in minute quantities, Gerald,” explained Selwyn, “1 just want to try & few things, And if they turn out all right, what do you say to taking a look ja—if Austin approves?’ cry ‘Oh, please, Gerald,” whispered his| ring the cluster of wild flowers In the sister. centre of the table. “Do you really believe there is any-| Kit-Ki's voice Was gently raised at thing In it?" asked the boy, “Because, | intervais; at intervals some grinning | 1f you are sure’— puppy. unable to longer endure the “There certainly 1# if I can prove that | jourishing odors. lost self-control my powder ta able to resist heat, cold! vanned. then lowered his head, momen- The Lawn people stand tters over as soon as There's plenty of time— and moisture. ready to talk m 1 am satisted overcome with mortification, talked tnuousls being permitted |rartl All the children unlimited conversation but keep the suggestion in the back of| ynti) it led to hostilities or pupny-play your head, Gerald.” ‘The elders conducted such social inter The boy smiled, nodded importantly | course as was possible under the con and went off to remove the stains of | aitions, but luncheon was the children’s tennis from his person, and Eileen went, (00, turning around to look back | at Selwyn: “Thank you for asking Gerald. at Bilverside Ning and Eileen they both were quite iad Vm | ¢ruit trees and flower beds: Selwyn, sure he will discussed stables, you think safe,” wolf links, and finally the new business “WI you jot ua toot” he oalled|wnich Selwyn hoped to develop talked ganten talk pout their “I would describe it like} substituted for} sung. And ‘I Love a Lassie’ ts the most | popular of my songs. | two sides of the matter! Hy this time he is Kilted and belted, eae for his easy battle out there | the stage. n there's another side of life, [ne observes, taking up his pipe. | Phere's the fellow who 1s always hav: «drink. 1 deal with him in my ‘ou’ th’ Noo.’ There was a fren’ on the other side, Sir Thomas | who came bucl to see me after che song at the Tivoll, “It 1 Marry,” he says, ‘1 wouldna sing that song any more. If you do Til have to stop selling whiskey! ' He helps himseif to a laugh on the gentleman whose name ts bottled exten- sively in this country and presently re- calls ee | Dems rin’ were you, “There's another Ittle story that goes | philadelphia Ledger. 2996494490004 when the children had excused, and Drina had pulled chair close to Lansing’s to listen— after that, on the veranda when men smoking and Drina was and Nina and Elieen off with baskets, trowels and Selwyn still continued € with Boots Gerald; nd It was plain that his concise, mod- est explanation of what ho had accom hed In his expertn with Chao- site seriously Impressed the other men. Boots frankly admitted {t: “Besides,” ve maid, ‘if the Lawn pgonie are #0 lanxious for vou to give them first say \!n the matter I don't see why we |shouldn’t have faith in it-enougn, 1 |mean, to be good to ourselves by offer- [ins to be sod to vou, Phil.” Walt until! Austin comes down |until I’ve tried one or two new ideas. suld Selwyn. “Nothing on earth would finish me quicker anybody who trusted me into a worthless thing Afterward. been her lana talking Frenoh ad gone hears. cenferen and and than to get “It's plain,” observed Boots, "that al- though you may haye been an army captain you're no captain of industry you're not even a non-com,!"* wyn laughed: "Do you really hee Neve that ordinary decency 4s uncom: ald bad flushed up at the turn tn the conversation; and Selwyn steered antl! Gerald went away to find » rod And, 48 Dring had finished he French lesson, she and Lansing pre ently departed, brandishing fishing rods adorned with the Hest of fies The house and garden at Stlverside | seemed to be logical parte of « land- scape which included uplands, head- lands, sky apd water—a allvery har- ‘hen | chat was treated In the same way; fin- | ally a third was accomplished, and this \she handed to the operator with a fe | There you have with that song in London. One night as I was leaving the Tivoli and about to step Into my motor, a chap on the paves ment stepped up to me and sald: ‘Give us your ‘and, ‘Arry! He was haut tiddley. ‘I was in the theayter,’ he told me, ‘an’ I seed you do the boozy cove, An' now, 'Arry, I wants to say to you that if T look such a fool as you did PW never taste drink again.” Scbered by a Song. Twel! continues, month afterward,” Mr, Lauder I see that chap again. He accosts me as I'm coming out of the theatre, but he is so well dressed and respectable looking that I don’t recog- nize him. I begs your pardon, Mister Lauder,’ he says, touching his cap, ‘but do you remember the boozy cove wot spoke to you here about a year ago? Well, I'm him. I'm a t-t now, and I'm doin’ well, thanks to you ‘And so there's one kind of song and another kind of song, and they're both wood of their kind. It's the old story of human nature that counts with audi- nees. Give ‘em something that 1s tr-rue to natur-re and they'll realize that they've thought the same thing them- selves at some time. Now there's—" “Mister Lauder!” Your old enemy, the call boy, 1s at- tacking the closed door, and a moment Harry Lauder {s marching off in J) nis Highland glory er Her Changing Mind. E afternoon not long ago a young woman stepped up to the tele- aph counter in a local depart- ment store and in a trembling volce asked for a supply of blanks. She wrote a message on one blank, which she immediately tore in halves; then a sccond message was written out verish request that it be “rushed."” When the message had gone on the wire and the sender bad departed the operator read the other two for hee own amusement. The first ran: “All at an end. Have no wish 10 see you again. The tenor of the second message was: Do not write or try to see me any more . The third was to this effect: “Come at once. Take next train if possible, | Answer 9949959294989 2$9O090O9 008999805828 ODOEDPOZOOY By Robert W. Chambers, Author of ‘‘ihe Firing Line’ and “A Fighting Chance.” B8G9-994DG9OGLEGHDED IODDINEGIOD99G9O0) —<——— He Knew the Judge. LAWYER came into court drunk, A when the Judge said to him: "Str, 1 am sorry to see you in a situas tion which is a disgrace to yourself and family and the profession to which you belong.” This reproof elicited the following col- loquy “Did your Honor speak to met” 1 did, sir. 1 sald, sir, that in my opinion you disgraced yourself and fam- fly, the court and the profession, by your course of conduct." “May {-I-tt please your Honor, T have been an attorney In-in-in this c-c-court for fifteen years, and permit me to say, your Honor, that this 1s the first cor- rect opinion I ever knew you to give."— montous ensemble, where the art! ficial portion was neither officiously intrusive nor, on the other hand, meagre and insignificant, he house, a long two-storled affair with white shutters and pillared ve- randa, was bullt of gray stone; the garden was walled with it~ precau- tion against no rougher jatruder than the wind, which would have whipped unsheltered flowers and fruit trees into ribbons. Walks of hardened earth, to which green mould clung in patches, wound through the grounds and threaded the three little groves of oak, chestnut and locust, in the centre of which, set in circular lawns, were the three Axes of interest—the stone-edged fish- pond, the spouting fountain, and the ancient ship's figurehead—a —wind- Worn, sea-buttered mermald cuddling & Uny, tinny sea-child between breast i ant lips Whoever the unknown woodsarver nad been he had been an artist, too, | and @ good one; and when the big China trader, the Firs: Born went to pleces off Frigese Light, fifty years ago, this Aguiehead sad been cast up the sea ndering into the garden, following rs ) at random, Selwya pon it, and stood, pipe ta ands in nls pockets, ur © sildy mooniight baby Was names wae soue Cope sh tatled Cons eres &@ 1800R, (To Be Continued.