Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-06

ATtculdS III SPC0ni Ik VI nio AVsuAn
from the wars. tells the following story:
must relate little incident which hap
pened to your humble servant, on his return
home from the wars. was wslken' along
the street lookin' 10 gallant an gay, in my
brass kote and bloc buttons, an other military
harness, " hen . excited femail rusht out of a.
house, throwd her pump handles around my
neck-which part didn't mind much as they
was fair round ones-an exclaimed:
"Do behold the once again ?"
You do--and think you are holdin' me
too fastly," SEE I, tryin to release the eccen-
trio femails's arms. .-5- af'e,''
"Oh, hav you cum back-hav you cum
back !" she wildly cried, hanging tighter to
my neck. $780,. -,
Certainly, I've come back, or else I would
not be here. But l don't think know you
muchly. ... .
"Not know me--you own Claretta Rosetta
Belletta-she who has not sot eyes on to you
for morn years." eyes" she continued,
placin her hands onto my shoulders, and
lookin up into my face like dyin boss fly
Eyes see my own Alfred's eyes, his nose, his
ears, his" .-.-,... .........
MADAM SEE I, "excuse me, but allow me
" COIIcCt yOu I'll LII INV tuiosoASA, shSSS
earses and eyeses, and noses belong to my
self indlvidoorly, an your Alfred never owned
'em scarcely"
"Away with this farce" seq she. "Yeu
can't deseve your own Claretta. Cum into
the house and see your little son, Lincoln
Mcclellan Burnside Hooker Butler Beazer."
1t was evident that the femail was mistaken
that it was not me but another man she
wanted.
show old is hep
(which ?" sez she.
Them little son, Lincoln Burnside Nc.
Clelan, and so4th."
"He's just six months old-the little dar-
lin "
swell madam" seq I, "ef little Lincoln
Mcclellan Burnside an so 4th is only 9
months old, an you haven't sot eyes onto
your Alfred for morn two years. think
thar's mistake somewhat, an that I'm not
Alfred, but another man altogether.
TIE woman shot into the house like 40 ar
this was the last l saw of my own Claretta
Rosetta Belletta, but pity Alfred.
FEMALE SINGERS-I never hear of an
American girl going abroad to study music,
for the purpose of fitting herself for public
musical career, without pang. A musical
education, an introduction to public musical
life, and few years of that life, are almost
certain ruin for any woman. Some escape
this ruin, it is true, but there are temptations
laid for every step of their life. They find
their success in the hands of men who de
mand more than money for wages. They find
their personal charms set over against the
personal charms of others. Their whole life
is filled with rivalries and jealousies. They
find themselves constantly thrown into init
mate association on the stage with men who
subject themselves to no Christian restraint
who can hardly be said to have had a
Christian education. They are constantly
acting in operas, the whole dramatic relish of
which is found in equivocal situations, or
openly licentious revelations. In such Cir
cumstance as thes' "a woman must be marvel
of modesty and miracle of grace to escape
contamination l do not believe there is a
woman in the world who ever came out Of a
public musical career as good woman as she
entered it. She may have escaped with an
untarnished name-she may have preserved
her standing in society, or even heightened
it, but in her Utmost soul she knows that the
pure spirit of her girlhood is gone. 1t is the
dream suppose, of most women who under
take a musical career, that after winning
money and fame, they shall settle down in
domestic life gracefully, and be happy in re-
trement Alas this is one of the dreams
that very rarely leone true" The greed for
popular applause, once tasted. knows no re-
Ienting. The public life of women unfit
them for domestic life, and the con;aminations
of pnb,ic singing woman's position render
it almost impossible for her to be married out
of her circle; so tina. woman who spends
ten years on the stage usually spends her life
there, or does worse. l do not wonder at
the old professors warning against singing
women or singing men. 1t IS enough to
break down any mans or women's selfrespect
to be dependent for bread and reputation
upon the applause ola capricious public-to
devote the whole energies of ones being to
the winning Of a few clappings of the hard
and few losses Of the handkerchief, and to
feel that bread, and success of the life-pur
pose, depend upon these few clippings and
tosses.-Dr. Holland
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